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Masters Medal Glory For Isle Of Wight Quartet

Masters swimmers Marilyn Linnington, Kim Holmes, Jenny Ball and Matthew Sussmess from Ryde Swimming Club enjoyed a medal laden weekend.

The awesome foursome competed at the South East Region Short Course Masters Championships at K2 Crawley Leisure Centre on Saturday (30 September).

Each swimmer achieved outstanding results, with Jenny setting a new record for 400m Freestyle in her age category, while securing one of her four first place finishes. 

Matthew and Kim are also coaches at Ryde Swimming Club, along with Jenny teaching adult swimming lessons at Waterside pool.

The results of the quartet were as follows:

Marilyn Linnington 

100m Individual Medley - 1st 

50m Backstroke - 3rd

 

Kim Holmes 

100m Individual Medley - 2nd 

50m Freestyle - 3rd 

50m Backstroke - 2nd 

100m Freestyle - 4th 

 

Jenny Ball 

50m Freestyle - 1st 

100m Freestyle - 1st

200m Freestyle - 1st

400m Freestyle - 1st

 

Matthew Sussmess 

50m Freestyle - 2nd

50m Backstroke - 2nd

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